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AIPAC: Israel's U.S. Spy DenAgainst The Current vol. 113Resource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2004The socialist Left must remain clear in its avoidance of a conspiratorial view of history. The entire U.S. political spectrum in the aftermath of the 2000 election, and especially since 9/11, has been awash with conspiracy theories. With deep roots in our political culture, ahistorical conspiratorial views of the workings of the world, devoid of any class understanding or a structural and institutional analysis of what we live in, come bubbling to the surface, especially during times of "national crisis."

Anti-Imperialism and the Iranian RevolutionFetters of the past, potential for the futureResource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2011The Iranian Revolution, and the anti-imperialist ideology that corresponded to its rise and demise, was indeed a tragedy from the perspective of proletarian revolution; to hold such an ideology today is indeed farcical. It does nothing but bring workers, students, and womens organizations into an illusory harmony with those who maintain their oppression and exploitation.

The Battle of the TitansWho is Pulling the Strings?Resource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2013This is not merely a fight between Israel and the US. Nor is it only a fight between the White House and Congress. It is also a battle between intellectual titans. Intellectual theories can seldom be put to a laboratory test. But this one can. It is happening now. Between Israel and the US a crisis has developed, and it has come into the open.

Beyond Iraq: The Spreading CrisisAgainst The Current vol. 122Resource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2006The disaster and carnage of the Iraq occupation is the center of a crisis now spreading through the regionto Iran, to Afghanistan and the India-Pakistan subcontinent, and especially to Israel-Palestinewith implications far beyond.

Binge and HangoverAgainst The Current vol. 124Resource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2006The lords of empire set out to show that the United States, not Iran or any other potential rival, will rule the "new" Middle East. Unable to attack Iran directly, however, they instead employed the willing regional branch office of the U.S. military-industrial complex, the Israeli Defense Force, to destroy Lebanon. A war that began as a triumphal imperial binge has ended, at least as of August 14 if the fragile ceasefire holds, with uncertainty and a hangover. (The ceasefire's fate, following the failed Israeli commando raid in the Bekaa Valley, is uncertain as we go to press.)

The Coup1953, the CIA, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian RelationsResource Type: BookFirst Published: 2013In 1953, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency organized the overthrow of Irans democratically elected leader and installed Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in his place. Over the next 26, the U.S. backed the unpopular, authoritarian shah and his secret police; in exchange, it reaped a share of Irans oil wealth. The blowback was almost inevitable, as this new and revealing history of the coup and its consequences shows.

The Coup of CoupsPutting the Shah of Shahs on the Peacock ThroneResource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2013

The Culture of TerrorismResource Type: BookFirst Published: 1988Chomsky argues that the United States elites are dedicated to the rule of force, and that their commitment to violence and lawlessness has to be masked by an ideological system which attempts to control and limit the domestic damage done when the mask occasionally slips.

Dirty WarsBritain's Collusion with Radical IslamResource Type: BookFirst Published: 2008Historian Mark Curtis, presents the history of the British government's sponsorship of radical Islamic terrorism, from Iran, Afghanistan and Libya to the July 7 bombings.

Embassy Row OnlineResource Type: WebsiteContact names and numbers for all embassies to Canada and all Canadian embassies abroad.

The Face of ImperialismResource Type: BookFirst Published: 2011Parenti redefines empire and imperialism to connect the current crisis in America to its own bad behavior worldwide.

Grave contradictions of 1979 Iranian RevolutionResource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 1979In what proletarian revolution, exactly, was the taking of hostages, and not the rulers, but some fairly low embassy personnel, held to be a revolutionary tactic? Since when has war and revolution been made synonymous? Isn't it about time that Marxist revolutionaries labeled Khomeini's endless repetition of "we are men of war" "looking forward to martyrdom" for what it is by citing Marx, who wrote that Napoleon, the ultimate COUNTER-revolutionary, "substituted permanent war for permanent revolution"?

The Historical Moment That Produced Us Resource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2010As we emerge, hopefully, from this dismal period of rollback, we recall Rosa Luxemburg's remark, shortly before her murder in 1919: "The revolution says: I was, I am, I shall be!" We assert the ongoing reality of communism, "the real movement developing before our eyes," as Marx put it in the Manifesto. Like Hegel's "knights of history," we locate our identities not in any immediacy but in the emerging new universal that must be the cutting edge of the next global offensive.

The Illusion of DebateConsensus for the People that MatterResource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2014A recent article in FAIR reviewed the findings of its latest study on the quality of political debate being aired on the mainstream networks. It studied the run-up to the military interventions in both Iraq and Syria. Perhaps the arbiters of the study intended to illustrate what weve learned since the fraudulent Iraq War of 2003. Well, it appears weve learned nothing.

Inside IranNew Internationalist March 2007Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)First Published: 2007A look at Iran from history to present. Discussion of women's rights and the youth of Iran.

Iran and Leftist ConfusionResource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2009Why are some leftists siding with the Iranian rulers rather than the popular demonstrations against the regime?

Iran on the Verge of Revolution?Against The Current vol. 108Resource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2004Interest in the political situation in Iran has grown noticeably in recent months. In large part, this is due to the far more aggressive policies of the current U.S. administration, which has used the attacks of September 11 as the excuse to intervene directly in the region and bring about regime change in accordance with its own longstanding interests.

Iran: Which side are you on?Resource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2009Why are some U.S. leftists siding with the repressive Iranian regime against pro-democracy protesters?

Iran will be the Scene of a Mass Anti-Islamic OffensiveInterview with with Radio HambastegiResource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 1999We have seen in the last 20-25 years the emergence and considerable development of political movements that have organised themselves under the banner of Islam. There are a series of extremely Right-wing, anti-human and violent movements in North Africa, the Middle East and today, in all countries in which the so-called official religion is Islam or which have significant Muslim minorities. Their conduct is primarily in the form of opposition to the freedom of women, women's civil liberties, freedom of expression in the cultural and personal domains and the enforcement of brutal laws and traditions against people, and even killing, beheading, and genocide of people from young children to the elderly.

Killing Hope U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War IIResource Type: BookFirst Published: 2008Is the United States a force for democracy? William Blum serves up a forensic overview of U.S. foreign policy spanning sixty years. For those who want the details on the U.S.'s most famous actions (Chile, Cuba, Vietnam, to name a few), and for those who want to learn about lesser-known efforts (France, China, Bolivia, Brazil, for example), this book provides a window on what U.S. foreign policy goals really are. "If you flip over the rock of American foreign policy of the past century, this is what crawls out invasions bombings overthrowing governments occupations suppressing movements for social change assassinating political leaders perverting elections manipulating labor unions manufacturing news death squads torture biological warfare depleted uranium drug trafficking mercenaries Its not a pretty picture. Its enough to give imperialism a bad name."

Leader and VassalBringing Death and Destruction to MuslimsResource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2008Americans do not think of themselves or of Israel as terrorist states, but the evidence is complete and overwhelming. Thanks to the power of the Israel Lobby, Americans only know the Israeli side of the story, which is that evil anti-semite Palestinians will not let blameless Israelis live in peace and persist in their unjustified terror attacks on an innocent Israeli state.

Letters to My TorturerLove, Revolution, and Imprisonment in IranResource Type: BookFirst Published: 2010In these letters, Asadi confronts the man who tortured him while he was held prisoner in Iran.

The Make-Believe Crisis in IranMore lies and Misinformation Resource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2012The Iranian nuclear program scenario has been in place for years and is becoming tedious, but we now seem to have arrived at a new plateau of mass hysteria thanks to the 2012 U.S. Presidential campaign. Why?

Media Lies And The War Drive Against IranResource Type: BookFirst Published: 2009Iran's crime is its independence. Having thrown out the US's favourite tyrant, Shah Reza Pahlavi, Iran remains the only resource-rich Muslim state beyond US control. As only Israel has a 'right to exist' in the Middle East, the US goal is to cripple the Islamic Republic. This will allow Israel to divide and dominate the region on Washington's behalf, undeterred by a confident neighbour.

The Next War on Washingtons AgendaResource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2012It could not be more obvious that Washingtons war preparations against Iran have nothing to do with deterring Iran from a nuclear weapon. So, what are the war preparations about?

The No-Nonsense Guide to Global MediaResource Type: BookFirst Published: 2004Peter Steven aims to make readers realize the power and influence of dominant media but, at the same time, also understand that they are not "omnipotent" and that there are alternative forms available.

The No-Nonsense Guide to TerrorismResource Type: BookFirst Published: 2003An in-depth look at the nature of terrorism that discusses questioning terrorism, assessing it, the difference between state terrorism and group terrorism, morality and history, and war and politics.

On Oil and QuicksandAgainst The Current vol. 114Resource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2005The end of 2004 finds the Middle East sliding toward an even bloodier morass, thanks in large part to imperial and colonial arrogance which has rarely been on such open display.

The Opposites GameAll the Strangeness of Our American World in One Article Resource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2010The surpassing strangeness of the American way of war in distant lands.

Our DifferencesInterview about Worker-communismResource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 1989There are two parts to the interview. The first deals with issues of working class and communism at a general level. The second focuses on more specific problems concerning the Iranian left and, particularly, the Communist Party of Iran (CPI).

Press for Conversion #51May 2003Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)First Published: 2003Why is the U.S. government reviled by so many people in the Middle East and North Africa? This issue looks at the past 50 years of wars and regime changes in the region and unveils a consistent pattern of U.S. involvement.

The Profits of War: Planning to Bomb IranAgainst The Current vol. 125Resource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2006It is no longer a secret that the Bush administration has been methodically paving the way toward a bombing strike against Iran. The administrations plans of an aerial military attack against that country have recently been exposed by a number of reliable sources.

Radical PrioritiesResource Type: BookFirst Published: 1981Otero presents an analysis and overview of Chomsky's social and political philosophy. For the first time the roots of Chomsky's politics are examined and the relationship to his theory of linguistics demonstrated.

The rise of humanism and secularism in IranResource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2005The backlash and opposition in Iran is at its essence strongly humanist, secularist and modern. You can see it clearly in the rational, popular, and spontaneous acts and theestablishment of hundreds of organisations outside government structures and restrictions that are non-religious and purely for the defence of the human being via reliance on human will.

Rogue State A Guide to the World's Only SuperpowerResource Type: BookFirst Published: 2005A mini-encyclopedia of the numerous un-humanitarian acts perpetrated by the United States since the end of the Second World War.

Selective Vision: Iran, Israel and Nuclear ArmsResource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2009For many years, the corporate media has been amplifying supposed "fear" in the West about Iran becoming a nuclear-armed nation alongside the US, the UK, France, Russia - and Israel.

Sex & Iran's Upstoppable ResistanceAgainst The Current vol. 145Resource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2010Since Iran's presidential election in June 2009 and the protests that followed, the world has caught a partial, albeit highly mediated, glimpse inside that country and its politically active citizenry. The state, frequently misrepresented as a monolith and in neoconservative circles tarred as Islamo-fascist, is now more accurately understood as a diverse and fractured set of actors. The reform movement that had ushered in President Khatami suffered defeat by the hardliners with Ahmadenijads 2005 election, and hailed by many as dead, has come back to life. To many, it appears unstoppable.

Stuxnet on the LooseSecurity for the One PercentResource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2012Suspicions that the Stuxnet computer worm was indeed developed by the United States and Israel has once again exposed American exceptionalism. Espionage and sabotage are presented as intolerable criminal transgressions, normally causing our elected officials and military leaders to erupt in fits of righteous indignation. That is, unless the United States is doing the spying and the sabotaging.

Support the Iranian people, oppose Tehran's clerical fascismResource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2009Tragically, the leadership of the UK and US anti-war movements have been sleep-walking into making the same mistakes over Iran as they made over Iraq. They are silent about the regime's despotism and oppression. Mirroring the neo con indifference to human rights abuses in Iran, they refuse to show solidarity with the Iranian peoples' struggle for secularism, democracy, social justice, human rights and self-determination for national minorities. There is nothing remotely left-wing about this is sad and cruel betrayal. Put bluntly: it is collusion with tyranny.

They Found Nothing. Nothing.The IAEA, Iran And Fantasy LandResource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2011What is so breathtaking is that the apparent consensus on Iran, like the case against Iraq, is a fraud.

The Third CampAgainst U.S. militarism and Islamic terrorismResource Type: WebsiteWe must stand up with all our power to the US government's and its allies' bullying. We must put an end to the crimes of the opposite pole, i.e. Islamic terrorism. We must help the people of Islam-stricken countries to get rid of the menace of Islamic terrorist states and forces. American militarism and Islamic terrorism have brutalised the world. Neither of them has a solution to the present crisis and its resulting problems. Rather, they are themselves the cause of this crisis and its aggravation. Civilised humanity must rise up against both these poles and the suffering that they have imposed on the world.

Towards a New Cold WarEssays on the Current Crisis and How We Got ThereResource Type: BookFirst Published: 1982A sobering assessment of American foreign policy from the end of the Vietnam era to Ronald Reagan.

UnveiledArt and Censorship in IranResource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2006This report seeks to illustrate the manner in which artistic censorship in Iran is both shaped and shapes; to demonstrate where the focus of the conflict lies between the Islamic Republic of Iran and individual expression.

The Veil and Violence against Women in Islamist SocietiesResource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2007The ongoing battle between the Islamic authorities and women over the veil clearly reveals why it has become a symbol like no other of the violence women face under Islam and why improper or bad veiling and unveiling have become a symbol of resistance to Islam in power and its violence against women. It is for this very reason that the slogan neither veil nor submission has become a rallying cry ever since the regime imposed compulsory veiling on women after expropriating and crushing the revolution to consolidate its rule.

A War Plan Scuttled?Against The Current vol. 133Resource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2008As the Bush era draws to a close, there been increasing speculation on whether or not the United States will attack Iran. Spurred by the posturing and rhetoric coming from the White House and a subservient media, much of that discussion has narrowly focused on Iran potential nuclear threat and the character of the current administrations in Washington and Tehran.

We Own the WorldResource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2007 Published: 2008The whole debate about the Iranian 'interference' in Iraq makes sense only on one assumption, namely, that we own the world. If we own the world, then the only question that can arise is that someone else is interfering in a country we have invaded and occupied.

What has happened to the Iranian revolution?Has it already run its course into its opposite, counter-revolution? Or can it be saved and deepened?Resource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 1981The Iranian Revolution has not yet run its course. The Iranian masses have not had their last word.

What the Left Should be Learning From Iran Resource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2009There are those on the left who mirror neocon thought: They argue that since Washington is in opposition to it, Iran must therefore be considered a 'good' government, worthy of solidarity. Others argue that if the Iranian state offers social programs and even if it only somewhat resists global capitalism then therefore its violent and authoritarian actions can somehow be justified, forgiven or denied.

What Was Missing From Coverage of Netanyahu's SpeechResource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2015Reading the lead stories on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress about Iran in five prominent US papers  the New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today (all 3/3/15)  what was most striking was what was left out of these articles.

Which side are you on? Resource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2009The women's question has haunted the Islamic regime from the start. The Islamic Republic has been in continuous conflict with the women's liberation movement, which has grown considerably in the past decade in opposition to the misogyny and gender apartheid of the Islamists. Despite brutal assaults on this movement, the regime has not succeeded in silencing it.

Who Should Bomb Iran First?The Myth Of Left-Leaning Media BiasResource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2007Mainstream media discussions of media balance are limited to a single question: Is the media too critical of powerful interests?

Whom Should We Support in Iran?Resource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2009The people we should support in Iran are those who are trying to make Iran more equal, more democratic and more friendly to the principle of solidarity--concern for one another. Since we want the world to move in this direction, we should support those who are pushing it in that direction. The people doing this are working class Iranians.

Why Not Sanctions for Israel?Gross Violations of Human Rights Resource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2009The US led the imposition of sanctions against South Africa because of South Africa's apartheid practices. The sanctions forced the white government to hand over political power to the black population. Israel practices a worse form of apartheid than did the white South African government. Yet, Israel maintains that it is 'anti-semitic' to criticize Israel for a practice that the world regards as abhorrent.

Wikileaks Exposes Complicity of the PressDocuments Show NYT and Washington Post Shilling for US Government on Iran Missile "Threat"Resource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2010A key Wikileaks document which should have resulted in stories calling into question the thrust of the Obama administration's ballistic missile defense policy in Europe based on an alleged Iranian missile threat has instead produced a spate of stories buttressing anti-Iran hysteria.

Women of the revolutionResource Type: ArticleFirst Published: 2009Thirty years after the toppling of the Shah in Iran, Azar Sheibani looks at how Iranian women have defied the reign of misogynist terror.

Worker-communist Party of IranResource Type: WebsiteTo change the world and to create a better one has always been a profound aspiration of people throughout human history. It is true that even the present-day so-called modern world is dominated by fatalistic ideas, religious as well as non- religious, which portray the present plight of humanity as somehow given and inevitable. Nevertheless the actual lives and actions of people themselves reveal a deep-seated belief in the possibility and even the certainty of a better future. The hope that tomorrow's world can be free of today's inequalities, hardships and deprivations, the belief that people can, individually and collectively, influence the shape of the world to come, is a deep-rooted and powerful outlook in society that guides the lives and actions of vast masses of people.Worker-communism, first and foremost, belongs here, to the unshakable belief of countless people and successive generations that building a better world and a better future by their own hands is both necessary and possible.

Workers and Revolution in IranThe Third World Experience of Workers' ControlResource Type: BookFirst Published: 1989Industrial workers in Iran played a major role in the overthrow of the Shah. This account of the shuras, or factory councils, they set up throws new light on the Shah's defeat, and the consequent revolutionary impulses Ayatollah Khomeini subsequently crushed so ruthlessly. This and other Third World examples show how uneven capitalist development can create conditions conducive to struggles for workers' control in advanced as well as in backward economies.